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Permissible Dose : A History of Radiation Protection in the Twentieth Century / / J. Samuel Walker



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Autore: Walker J. Samuel Visualizza persona
Titolo: Permissible Dose : A History of Radiation Protection in the Twentieth Century / / J. Samuel Walker Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2000]
©2001
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 p.)
Disciplina: 363.17/996/0904
Soggetto topico: Nuclear energy - Law and legislation - United States - History
Radiation - Safety measures - History
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Classificazione: AR 25700
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- I. The Discovery of Radiation and Its Hazards -- 2. The Debate over Nuclear Power and Radiation -- 3. The Role of Federal Agencies in Radiation Protection -- 4. New Controversies, New Standards -- 5. The Ambiguities of Radiation Effects -- Essay on Sources -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: How much radiation is too much? J. Samuel Walker examines the evolution, over more than a hundred years, of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure radiation safety for nuclear workers and for the general public. The risks of radiation-caused by fallout from nuclear bomb testing, exposure from medical or manufacturing procedures, effluents from nuclear power, or radioactivity from other sources-have aroused more sustained controversy and public fear than any other comparable industrial or environmental hazard. Walker clarifies the entire radiation debate, showing that permissible dose levels are a key to the principles and practices that have prevailed in the field of radiation protection since the 1930's, and to their highly charged political and scientific history as well.
Titolo autorizzato: Permissible Dose  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786612356292
1-282-35629-1
0-520-92484-3
1-59734-804-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455034603321
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